Thursday, October 29, 2009

Chandler's "incident"

So a couple of weeks ago, my cousin Chandler was getting ready to ride his horse up Logan canyon when he was bucked off. The horse was freaking out and Chandler landed on his face. He got up and the horse calmed down. He felt fine, but his co-worker told him to get in the truck. They loaded the horses and went to the Emergency Room. In the ER, they checked out all his wounds and discovered that he had broken his neck. It was a crack in the bones that keep the vertebrae separated and if left untreated, he could develop severe nerve damage. His surgeon scheduled his surgery for the following Sunday (3 days later). Here are the pictures from the trip to the ER (WARNING: there are some pretty graphic pictures below):

Surgery went really well and they were able to place a plate and some screws in between the vertebrae to stabilize them. He has to wear a neck brace for 3 months, won't be able to work for a while, and doesn't have a lot of energy. He is doing remarkably well for what he's been through. He shouldn't have any long-term effects other than the scars. He is a VERY lucky guy!


His face healed pretty well and the cut on his head is working on getting better

Such a happy patient - he wanted to escape the hospital the day of surgery - no such luck

These are the screws in his neck

And this is the view from behind


Drugged up


The scar from the surgery (sorry the picture is so small, it's from my phone)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

More Davis family fun

On Sunday, we all celebrated Grandma's birthday in Fillmore. Here are some pictures from Sunday. Baby Jade is getting so big and is the center of attention for sure!


Jade and Uncle Nick


Jaxon taking his turn holding Jade
Jesse, Alisca, Jade, Halle, and Whitnee
Aunt Bonnie and Jade
Jadeth puts Jade on his shoulders and she rubs her hands on his hair. She giggles because it tickles her little hands! It's soooo cute!!

Look how big she's getting!!

Halle trying to get Jade to crawl

Monday, October 5, 2009

Jesse & Halle's Birthday Celebration

Halle and Jess with the cakes their mom made. She is so talented!
Jesse with his Wolverine Claw that he has BEGGED for every time we go to WalMart!


Opening their presents

Jesse's Firefighter cake

Halle's Dora cake
Jesse turned 5 on October and Halle turns 4 on October 13th so we had a joint family party for them on the 1st. They got lots of presents and were really excited about everything they got. I love these two so much and am so glad they had a good birthday!